I am so sorry (and embarassed) to post this, and I have to warn those of you that are easily grossed out may not want to read on....

Ok so during the summer, i have problems with fruit flies in my house, mainly in my kitchen which is where I keep my nappy bucket.Anyway, a couple of times since the weather has warmed up, I've found maggots in the cloth nappies!!!!! So so so gross....It's freaked me out so much I'm back to using sposies, as I just can't face seeing another nappy full of disgusting, squirming maggots... I've had a google about fruit flies, and it seems the life cycle of a fruit fly is very short, so washing nappies more frequently wouldn't help (I washed them a maximum of 2 days anyway). I'm also meticulous about hygiene, especially in my kitchen and bathroom.

Is there a way I can stop this happening again? I want to start using cloth again but I still feel traumatised!!Thanks ladies

Ohh no poor you. We have had them in our wheelie bin and that was bad enough Like the others have said, have you got a tight fitted lid on the bucket? Also does the sun get to that area of the kitchen the bucket is, as that will make the bucket smell more and attract those pesky flies more.As I said I really sympathise with you and hope you find a solution.In fact when I was looking for info about getting rid of them from the wheelie bin, one council actually stated if you use disposable nappies, switch to cloth, which I thought was kinda cool, apart from the fact we use cloth and still have them there. Wendyx

Do you rinse the poo off your nappies before they go in the bucket. That might help too. Then there wouldn't be anything to attract the fruit flies to. I used to work in an office with a fruit fly problem (people used to leave apple cores in the plant pots ) I just went round with fly spray when it got bad. If you do it consecutively you should be able to break the breeding cycle.

I would milton/bleach out the bucket and around the seal to make sure it super clean. rinse most of the poo off down the loo and make sure the lid is on tight on the bucket and i would move the bucket out of the kitchen or put it under the sink cupboard with some fly strip in the cupboard.